Bible Dictionaries
Periptery

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occur.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Periptery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/periptery.html. 1828.